Agitator for barrels.



H. J. BRIERLEY. AGITATOR FOR BARRELSQ APPLIQATIO FILED MAY 26. 1914.

ami/memo HENRY J. BRIERLEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

AGITA-TOR FOR IBARR'ELS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentegl'flcf, 12, 1915,

Application filed May 26, 1914. Serial No. 841,126.

To all whom it may concern Be' it known that I, HENRY J. BRIERLEY,citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Agitators for Barrels, of which the following is aspecification. r V

This invention relates to improvementsin agitators and stirrers forcontainers for paint or similar compounds, more particularly to paintcontained in barrels and like closures, and has for one o-f its objectsto improve the construction and increase the eiiiciency and utility ofdevices of this character. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructeddevice whereby particles contained in paint or other com- .moditiesorcompounds which settle to the 7 bottom of the container when undisturbedare effectually agitated and stirred and uniformly commingled with theremaining ingredients, thereby producing a unifo-rm and homogeneousmixture.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterso constructed that the initial agitation will not be clogged by thesediment when collected or deposited at one end only of the container.

\Viththese and other'objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims; and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the inventionp Figure 1 is alongitudinal sectional elevation of a conventional barrel withtheimprovement applied. Fig.;2 is a transverse section on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1.

, Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved device may-be applied without structural change tocontainers of any required form or size, but is mo-re particularlyapplicable to barrels and like containers, and for the purpose ofillustration is shown thus applied, and in the drawings the body of thebarrel is represented conventionally at 10 and the heads at 11-12.

Attached tothe interior of the head 11 is a conventional step 14 inwhich a shaft 15 is mounted for rotation. The shaft extends through thehead 12 and is provided with a turning crank 16 externally of the head.

A suitable packing 17 is arranged in the head 12 to prevent the leakageof the icontents of the barrel.

Attached to the shaft 15 preferably :near the heads 11-12, are paddledevices 18-19 which terminate at theirends near the sides of the body 10and are arranged to rotate with the shaft. 1

Attached to-the shaft centrally thereof is a brush head 20, preferablyconnected to the shaft by arms 21 and hubs '22, so that the brushpartakes of the motion 'of the shaft together with the paddles 18-19.The head 20 is provided with a plurality of bristles 23, preferably ofstiff flat wire. The bristles are of sufficient length so that they movein close contact with the inner face of the body 10, and are preferablyof sufiicientlength so that they bear with considerable force againstthe inner faces of the staves of the barrel, the bristles being thusbent slightly at their free ends where they con-- Any required number,of the bristles may be employed, but generally they will be arranged inrows and a relatively large number of the bristles will be used. Inordinary tact with the barrel as illustratedjin Fig. 2.

tween the paddles 18-19, so that relatively large spaces are leftbetween the ends of the brush head and the paddles.

hen the barrels are shipped o-r stored,

they 'are generally placed on end, and the sediment will collect or bedepo sitedin the end which, for the time being, is lowest and around theadjacent paddle 18 or 19, as the case may be, but will not come incontact with the brush head 20 and the bristles 23. When the contents ofthe container is to be drawn 011', the latter is placed on its side withthe draw faucet 13 in the position 7 shown in Fig. 1. The sediment willlargely remain at the end of the container which has been downward, andwhen the crank 16 is actuated, the paddle 18 or 19, as the case may be,around which the sediment has settled, agitates the sediment and partlyliquefies it by commingling it with the liquid portion of the contentsof the container.

The barrels being formed with the body 10 converging from the centertoward the ends when turned upon its side the center of the body will bethe lowest point, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and a portion of the partlyreduced sediment will settle in the lowest point, and in the improveddevice the bristles 28 are preferably located centrally of the body, orin contact with the latter at its lowest point, consequently when theshaft 15 is rotated by actuating the crank 16 the bristles will becarried through the partly reduced sediment at the bottom of the bodyonce each time that the shaft is rotated, while the paddles 18 19 willlikewise effectually agitate the paint or other compound at the ends ofthe body, and thus thoroughly mix and agitate the ingredients andmaintain the compound at a uniform consistency. By this arrangement, thecomparatively fragile bristles 28 are protected from contact with thesediment at the initial agitation, while the relatively heavy paddles1819 receive the initial shock or pressure of the comparatively heavymass of sediment. By this means, the bristles come in contact with thesediment only after it has been partly reduced or commingled with theliquid portion of the contents of the container, and operate to keep thecontents in liquid condition after the initial reduction, as abovedescribed. The location of the brush head 20 intermediate the ends ofthe container, or with relatively large spaces between the ends of thebrush head and the paddles, is, therefore, an important feature of thepresent device and adds materially to its efficiency and durability.

The improved device is applicable to any compounds which require to beagitated either continuously or at frequent intervals, especiallycompounds which contain ingreclients which are liable to be precipitatedor -to settle to the bottom of the container, and by disposlng thecontainer with the curved side downwardly, the sediment will naturallysettle to the lowest point in position to be effectually disintegratedand disturbed by the bristles 28.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the class described, a container downwardly slopingtoward one portion, a brush including a plurality of bristles mountedfor movement in engagement with said downwardly directed portion, anddeflected by contact therewith, and paddle devices mounted for movementat the highest portion of the container and spaced from the bristles.

2. In a device of the class described, a container downwardly slopingtoward the center, a brush including a plurality of bristles mounted formovement in engagement with said container at its lowest point, anddeflected laterally by contact therewith, and paddle devices movablewithin said container at its highest point and spaced from the bristles.

3. In a deviceof the class described, a container, a shaft extendingthrough said container, a brush head rotative with said shaft, bristlescarried by said brush head and in constant engagement with the innersurface of said container, and paddle devices rotative with said shaftand spaced from the brush head.

a. In a device of the class described, a container, a brush rotativeconstantly Within the interior of said container, and paddle devicesrotative within said container and spaced from said brush.

5. In a device of the class described, a container, a shaft extendingthrough said container, a brush head rotative with said shaft and ofless length than the container, bristles carried by said brush head andin constant engagement with the inner surface of said container anddeflected laterally by contact therewith, and paddles carried by saidshaft and located in close proximity to the ends of the container andspaced from the brush head.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY J. BRIERLEY. [Ls] lVitnesses:

IVILLIAM C. DoRAN,

JOHANNA BURMANN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

